Highpoints : : A Study of Melodic Peaks / / Zohar Eitan.
In Highpoints Zoltan Eitan investigates a universal melodic phenomenon--the melodic peak--in Western repertories ranging from eighteenth-century Galant music to twentieth-century Expressionism. Using "hard" statistical analysis, Eitan examines the rhythmic, melodic, harmonic, and dynamic c...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016] ©1997 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Edition: | Reprint 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Why Study Melodic Peaks
- 2. Method: Testing the Hypotheses
- 3. Peaks in Haydn: The Attenuation of Climax
- 4. Chopin: Melodic Peaks, Salience, and Intensity
- 5. Peaks in Berg: Romantic Gesture in a New Context
- 6. Conclusion: Style and Melodic Gesture
- Appendix 1. Peaks and Control Notes Examined
- Appendix 2. Random Numbers Used to Determine Controls
- Works Cited
- Name Index
- Subject Index